Party Behavior Should Be Appropriate, Islamic: Larijani

TEHRAN, April 12 (ICANA) – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says political parties behavior in an Islamic country should be appropriate and in accordance with the Islamic norms.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:32:12 PM

“If a party deviate us from the fundamentals of Islam, it has moved against rationalism; a point that should be born in mind by entire political parties irrespective of the type of activities they pursue.”

Speaking at a meeting with members of the Central Committee of Mardmosalari (Democracy) Party Monday, the chief legislator further elaborated on elements of rationalism in political behavior in an Islamic country.

“One of the elements of rationalism is paying greater attention to the Islamic aspect of the political system.”

He added, “Safeguarding the national interests is another factor of rationalism and it should be born in mind that any trivial matter cannot be regarded national interest; in fact the elements that are effective in preservation of the fundamentals of the system are among the national interests.”

The parliament speaker pointed out that some elements of rationalism were ignored during the reform movement and weakened and some of the comments made then were un-Islamic and contradictory to the national interests, even to the extent of staging a protest sit-in strike at the parliament.

Larijani said parties should move within the country’s constitutional framework, arguing, “If a party is opposed to a certain issue it should refrain from resorting to illegal acts.”

He said that resorting to extremist activities by some parties shows they act emotionally and irrationally.